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Propeller Announces $100 Million Fund To Invest In Ocean-Climate Companies

Today, Propeller , a climate-tech fund that invests in and builds ocean-climate companies, announced its inaugural $100 million fund to support founders looking to address the climate crisis by advancing planet-saving, ocean-based science and technology solutions.

21 Oct 2022

EDC’s Cleantech Export Week Offers a Platform for Canadian Businesses to Accelerate Decarbonization Action

Moving towards a sustainable economy presents a wealth of opportunities for Canadian cleantech businesses. EDC’s Cleantech Export Week (CEW) offers a platform for companies, partners, and financiers within the sector to connect, collaborate, and discuss topics shaping the future of cleantech.

21 Oct 2022

Novel Recycling Process for Catalysts

Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology have developed a greener solution for recycling homogeneous catalysts.

21 Oct 2022

Vianode Opens R&D Center for Sustainable Battery Materials in Norway

Vianode, owned by Elkem, Hydro and Altor, produces advanced battery materials with a greener footprint.

20 Oct 2022

Redox, Reuse, Recycle: Novel Process Extends Life Cycle of Valuable Catalysts

A team of researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has developed an electrochemical technique for recycling highly valuable homogeneous catalysts to make the chemical manufacturing industry greener, more affordable, and more innovative.

19 Oct 2022

Fast-Food Rubbish Solution in Sustainable Seaweed-Based Wrapper

Flinders University materials researchers and pioneering German biomaterials developer one • five are using seaweed extracts to develop next-generation biopolymer coating materials that could solve packaging waste dilemmas for the fast-food industry.

18 Oct 2022

Overcoming the Challenge of Soil Pollution

Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a new method for tracking and measuring how polymer biodegrades, if at all, in soil.

17 Oct 2022

Nuclear Waste Management Contractor Orders EV ARC Sustainable Charging Systems from Beam Global

Beam Global, the leading provider of innovative sustainable products and technologies for electric vehicle (EV) charging, energy storage, energy security and outdoor media, announced that a nuclear waste management federal contractor has ordered multiple EV ARC sustainable charging systems and an ARC Mobility™ trailer for efficient system transport.

17 Oct 2022

Envetec's Climate-Friendly Technology Shows Ability to Reduce Green House Gas Emissions by Over 90%

Envetec Sustainable Technologies Limited ("Envetec"), the world's first and only cleantech company with validated technology dedicated to treating and eradicating biohazardous laboratory waste and material, today announced independent data showing GENERATIONS' ™ (1) ability to reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions by over 90%, compared to commonly used treatment approaches. GENERATIONS is a climate-friendly technology that safely treats biohazardous waste and materials, including plastics, glass, PPE, sharps containers, and other general laboratory consumables onsite at the source.

14 Oct 2022

CityU’s 4th HK Tech Forum Focuses on Tackling the Urgent Issue of Transitioning to Clean and Renewable Energy

World-renowned scholars and researchers engaged in interdisciplinary dialogue on the challenges and prospects of next-generation energy development and applications at the HK Tech Forum on Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Environment, hosted by Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy and Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) from 5 to 8 October.

14 Oct 2022